FEAR, MASS MEDIA, & RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN EUROPE, ASIA, & AMERICA
The Burke Nicholson Interdisciplinary Forum FEAR, MASS MEDIA, & RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN EUROPE, ASIA, & AMERICA March 28-29, 2005 This forum on perceptions of religious minorities across the world interweave two issues. How do mass media shape public opinion and in turn how are they shaped by proactive journalism and scholarly thought? How does media coverage of religious minorities reflect this process? Today, migration, religion, and ethnicity are a source of divisiveness and social and political conflict. This forum will discuss the challenge of writing about religion and other complex topics for a public audience; the relationship of mass media, journalism, and religious minorities; and the interplay of government, fear, and religious minorities in case studies of the Falun Gong in China and Islam in Germany. Ian Johnson, and award-winning international journalist who has covered reigious minorities in China and Germany, will be the guest scholar for the forum.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Writing for the Public: Probing Deeply, Thinking Broadly Monday, March 28, 2005 12:00-1:30pm Jones Room, Woodruff Library A lunch seminar for graduate students and faculty with Ian Johnson. This seminar will discuss the challenge of journalistic and scholarly writing for a public audience. Introduction by Bryan Noe, Interim Dean, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Please RSVP to Anne Walker, 404-727-7602 or awalker@emory.edu to reserve your space. -------------------------- Perspectives on Religious Minorities in Europe, Asia, and America Monday, March 28, 2005 4:00pm-5:30pm Jones Room, Woodruff Library A moderated forum open to the public featuring an opening presentation by Ian Johnson, followed by commentary and a moderated discussion by Emory faculty with expertise in Europe and Asia. Participating faculty include Patrick Allitt, History Department; Sam Cherribi, Sociology Department; Sheila Tefft, Journalism Program; Elena Glazov-Corrigan, Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures (REALC); Joachim Kurtz (REALC); Mikhail Epstein (REALC). Forum moderated by Bruce Knauft, Director of the Institute for Comparative and International Studies. For more information on this forum, please contact Cristina Lopez-Gottardi Chao at 404-727-4663 or clopezg@emory.edu. -------------------------- Falun Gong in China & Islam in Germany: Government, Fear, & Religious Minorities Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:30am-1:30pm (invitation only) The Forum’s closing luncheon, with keynote speaker Ian Johnson, will be introduced by Vice Provost for International Affairs Holli A. Semetko. For more information on this lunch, please call at 404-727-7504 or pwakefi@emory.edu. -------------------------- The Burke Nicholson Forum is co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Center for the Study of Public Scholarship, the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, the Hightower Fund, the Institute for Comparative and International Studies, the Journalism Program, and the Office of International Affairs. -- Anne Walker Program Coordinator Center for the Study of Public Scholarship Mailing Address: Mailstop 1256/001/1AQ Emory University, Briarcliff Campus Atlanta, GA 30322 Shipping Address: 1256 Briarcliff Rd., Bldg. A, Rm. 420N Atlanta, GA 30306 404-727-7602 (phone) 404-727-2441 (fax) awalker@emory.edu
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